Linux is an operating system that was initially created as a hobby by a young Linus Torvalds, at the University of Helsinki in Finland. He began his work in 1991 when he released version 0.02 and worked steadily until 1994 when version 1.0 of the Linux Kernel was released. The kernel, at the heart of all Linux systems, is developed and released under the GNU General Public License and its source code is freely available to everyone. Technology Alignment also makes it's source code available to the public and shares in certain developments. There are now literally thousands of companies and organizations and an equal number of individuals that have released their own versions of operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Technology Alignment sets itself apart from most Linux companies with a fully supported Linux operating system with a long lifecycle and making it intuitive to the users coming off of Windows. Pioneer is marketed as a replacement for Microsoft™ Windows™.

Throughout most of the 1990's most companies have dismissed Linux as a computer hobbyist project, unsuitable for the general public's computing needs. Through the efforts of developers of desktop management systems such as KDE and GNOME, office suite project OpenOffice.org and Firefox, to name only a few, there are now a wide range of applications that run on Linux and it can be used by anyone regardless of his/her knowledge of computers. Technology Alignment also develops CRM/Supply Chain Management applications, IP Telephone Systems, Cross-platform products for both Linux and OS/X (Mac) to name a few with embedded Linux devices such as routers and firewalls coming.

If you want to see the capabilities of Linux you can download our Live CD and run it without installing it at http://www.tapioneer.com/downloads.php. It comes with everything you need to carry out day-to-day tasks on the computer and it needs no installation. It will run from a CD in a computer capable of booting from the CD drive. If you're comfortable enough, you can install the Pioneer operating system on your computer and use it freely as an individual. Technology Alignment also produces the Pioneer Basic line of operating systems that include desktops, servers, and combined server and workstation. These operating systems carry a full 7-year lifecycle and allow users the ability to run the operating system without having to reload it as new versions are released.

Learning Pioneer Linux - step by step instructions